International Resources v. Dunfield

CROCKETT, Chief Justice:

International Resources, a corporation, sued the defendants for breach of a lease agreement and for return of money it had paid in advance thereon. Defendants filed an affidavit which alleged: that one Snel-len N. Johnson had sued the defendants in a prior suit on the same claim; that therein the said Johnson had alleged that the plaintiff, International Resources Corporation, had assigned the claim to him; and that that suit had terminated in their favor. On the basis of those averments, which stood undisputed, the defendants moved to dismiss the instant action on the…